Also among the leaders are Brooke Wuertz (Paynesville) shooting 74 percent at the free throw line (54-for-73) and Courtney Kramer (Hector, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart) with a 43.7 field goal percentage (125-for-286).

Ridgewater hosts Fox Valley today at 6 p.m. for the final spot in the four-team Region 13A that starts on Saturday.

Leopards regain stride with Hinrichs return

Since returning to the starting lineup on February 1, junior guard Seth Hinrichs (Clara City/MACCRAY) is leading the Lafayette Leopards in scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding (7.1 rpg), helping the Patriot League team go 6-1 after going 0-11 in his absence (knee injury).

Hinrichs pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in the win over Lehigh on Sunday. Tonight, the Leopards (6-10, 10-17) play Colgate (4-12, 10-17) in Hamilton, N.Y.

Steinhaus, Gophers aim for Big Ten tournament

Redshirt senior Kevin Steinhaus (Pennock/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg) and his Gopher teammates’ next assignment is the Big Ten Conference Championships March 8-9 at Madison, Wis.

The Gophers (14-1) finished in a three-way tie for the dual-meet title with Penn State and Iowa, both of whom they defeated while losing at Michigan.